Happy New Year
Happy New Year! Another year has passed and we'd like to thank our
customers who have purchased horses from us. Please keep in touch and
let us know how they are doing!
We are finalizing our 2006 breeding plans for the girls. Ripley,
our TB mare, has another date with Sempatico M, who sired her gorgeous 2005
colt Soxx Appeal. As for the other ladies, well, I'm still trying to
make up my mind!
Willow sold (Dec. 05)
Congratulations to Kaleb Northrup on his purchase of Will O The Wisp
HF! Willow and another mare will become foundation broodmares for
his farm!
New forum, new address!
We have upgraded our forum, and you can find us here!
GOV awards Premium for Lyrical! (Sept. 18)
Our lovely filly Lyrical Champion by Royal Dance
out of La Championita earned a Premium award today at her Oldenburg Verband
inspection! I will add some of the comments from the inspectors shortly.
Soxx Appeal HF sold (Sept. 15)
Congratulations to Janet C. from PA on her purchase of
Soxx Appeal HF! This colt has been very popular lately and Janet
was smart enough to grab him before someone else did! Mr. Soxx is her new
dressage & stallion prospect.
Tornado footage
We obtained via email some video footage shot of the tornado that
just missed our farm and hit Oregon and Stoughton. It's a huge file,
26.4 megs, and I will warn you that it is full of swear words, but it
is also incredible footage of what just missed our farm, about 1/4 mile
south of us. If you would like to see it, drop me and email and I'll
send you the link. The huge size of the file and the bandwidth it
sucks to view it means I do not want to make the link public.
Gold and Silver flow for Hopeful Farm's foals! (August 31)
Our annual RPSI inspection was conducted yesterday at Chimera
Farm. I was pleased to co-host the inspection with Pam from Chimera,
and we had a great time.
We're very proud to announce that our colt Oleander HF, by Opus,
out of Will O The Wisp HF, was Site Champion Colt and winner of the Midwest
Breeders Group Foal Award - Colt. "Oliver" earned an 8.4 on movement,
8.0 on type, for an overall 8.2 Gold Premium! He earned super comments
for his lovely type and very good movement.
Also, our lovely colt Star Struck HF, by Stedinger, out of Replikah
HF, was Reserve Ch. colt with 8's for all scores and also a Gold Premium!
This is Replikah's second foal, and her second Gold Premium foal.
And not to be completely out shone was Soxx Appeal HF, who earned
an 8.4 for type. His momma was very naughty and ran him around
at a gallop for about 10 minutes before we could catch her, so Soxx didn't
have much left to show for movement, and his overall score was 7.8 for
a Silver Premium.
Cantanea also earned a Silver Medal. The judge liked her
and commented that she was a little growthy at the moment which affected
her movement, but she was good feminine type and good movement. Her
good score made her the Reserve Champion filly!
Mares not in foal (Aug. 25)
It certainly has been a bad year for breeding. We had 2 mares
in foal this spring, but Replikah lost her pregnancy about a month ago.
None of the other mares cooperated to become pregnant, with Ripley
having an erradic heat, Willow had retained her placenta (but is fine).
Our mare Cece is in foal to Balou, so it will be a very small foal
crop of 1 next year.
Bruiser sold, Roo and Bruiser shipped out! (Aug. 25)
Congratulations to Regina A on her purchase of Royal Champion
HF; and Glenda M for her purchase of Outrageous HF! Both boys shipped
together on Tuesday to their new homes, as they both were headed in the
same direction! We heard that they both arrived in good shape and are
settling into their new homes. Roo will be prepared for stallion
approvals and a dressage career, and Bruiser is also headed for a dressage
career! Congratulations, we already miss the boys!
Shorthorse
Studios out for photos of the babies! (Aug. 15)
We had ShortHorse Studios out on Friday
for picture day! You will see lots of new photos of the foals
on our website!
Replikah lost her pregnancy (August 12)
Replikah lost her Rosentanz pregnancy. She
came into heat this week so I asked the vet to check her and she definately
lost it. I'm so bummed.
Roo - clean vetting, Ripley bred (Aug. 3)
Roo passed his pre-purchase exam yesterday, with 34 x-rays,
all clear. He will be leaving us the end of September for Missouri!
Ripley was bred this passed weekend to the Hanoverian stallion
Abke, by Accorado I. We check Grace on Monday to see if she
is in foal to Fidertanz (fingers crossed please!)
Eeyore news! (July 27)
Super news about Weltissimo/Eeyore:
Hooray for Eeyore
some more! We just got back from the Circle City AA Horse
Show--indoors at the Indianapolis Coliseum. Eeyore was fabulous!
His best ribbons were: The blue ribbon in the Hack Class Of Doom
(too many horses, not enough space)! We lost three horses and
riders to bucking, mishaps, kicks and injuries! Eeyore was surely
the best mover left standing at the end of the class. Collisions
do not bother him. And a second place in a Modified Adult class
over fences against some absolutely gorgeous horses and riders.
Eeyore's
arena was not air conditioned and it was ungodly hot all week.
It was the spookiest ring--junk, tractors, stalls, machines, bleachers
and a trade fair surrounding it. Eeyore is apparently over his
bleacher-o-phobia. The ring was too small to attempt flying changes,
so we were in the running for ribbons over fences only when we accidentally
landed on all our leads. Eeyore got tired and unhelpful on one
afternoon, but responded to a cranky (I, too, was hot and unhelpful) kick
in the ribs and swat on the fanny. I did my own riding, so Eeyore
is winning at four years of age with the amateur on board! Eeyore gets
a couple of days off now.
General Updates (July 24)
Lots of general info here, please read:
First, Grace has been bred to the German Westfalen Champion
stallion Fidertanz. Fingers crossed for success!
Second, RPSI inspection is coming up FAST. Reserve
your space NOW or we won't have a stall for you. Go here.
Third, we now have new video footage of Outrageous (Bruiser)
on his page, and also French Kiss HF (Tigger), and both can be found
on our sales page. To order a
video, please visit our Video page.
Fourth, Cece is confirmed 50+ days in foal to Balou de
Rouet. Replikah is over 60+ days in foal to Rosentanz!
Fifth, Soxx Appeal HF now has
his own page!
Colt for Willow! (July 13)
Miss Willow
gave us a gorgeous bay colt on July 13, at 10:30 pm. He is
sired by Opus who is by Olympic Idocus. This darling colt is sabino!
He has a star, big snip on his nose, with a lower white lip,
3 socks, and a skunk tail! He is, of course, offered for sale.
Here is Oleander HF, or 'Oliver'
More Eeyore news! (July 5)
Wonderful news about Weltissimo,
the Werbellin gelding we bred and sold! He's winning on the
AA circuit!
Eeyore is
terrific!
He spent
all last week at the "AA" Waterloo show in Michigan, and he was
fabulous. He won two under saddle classes and one class over
fences, plus a nice selection of lower ribbons throughout the week.
He was Reserve
Champion Baby Green!
Eeyore
showed every day, which is a lot of work for a youngster.
He always jumped beautifully, with both [of us]. He got some
nice flying lead changes early in the week--hence the ribbons!
Later in the week, he got tired and we reverted to simple lead changes.
He never spooked at a jump--just marched into every ring and jumped
around. He spooked at a couple of tractor/watering trucks only
on his longest, hottest day, when I think he got a little cranky.
It was ghastly, miserably hot.
Hurray for Eeyore, Baby
Green Reserve Champ!!
~Lisa
French Kiss HF - Isn't he gorgeous! (June 28) and
FILLY for Grace!
It's a filly
for Grace, by Royal Dance! She is exquisit! Gorgeous head,
long legs, just a darling! I will get photos soon!
Last night a friend of mine was over and we cleaned
up Tigger "French Kiss" and took several photos of him. What
a lovely, lovely two-year old! Consider him for your next riding
horse! Enjoy....
Cece in foal to Balou de Rouet (June 21)
We checked Cece today and she had twin pregnancies.
We have pinched one successfully!
Surprise! Ripley foals early! (June 8)
Ripley suprised us by dropping her colt a full
2 weeks early, and no signs of impending birth. Her bag was small,
no wax.
He's an adorable polka-dotted pinto by Sempatico!
Check him out on Ripley's page.
He is for sale. We need an S-name too....
Eeyore Champion at his show again! (June 6)
We just received a super update
on Eeyore (Weltissimo)
Dear Stephanie,
Eeyore's a star! We did a local
show last weekend, and Eeyore was champion in an open schooling
divison (with Nora riding). He was equally good
for me in another division, but Nora's starting to get Eeyore to
do flying changes and I don't really attempt it yet. He won
all his flat classes.
Eeyore is jumping great and is actually (reluctantly)
getting a little fitter. At the end of June he goes
to the big "AA" Waterloo show for a whole week. The competition
will probably be a bit much for Eeyore at his stage of training,
but I expect he'll jump and behave very well.
So Eeyore says hi! I'm wonderful!
I get a two-day vacation!
--Lisa & Eeyore !
Clinic for Cece (June 6)
Cece and I
had a lovely clinic this past Sunday with FEI trainer Patricia
Becker. The emphasis was on
straightness. Most of the riders stayed on a 20 m circle for most
of their ride, working on straightening the horses to get them more
through.
I slowly warmed up - it was ungodly hot and
humid - working on straightness, etc. We moved into the excercises
on a 20m when it was my ride. My mare was really good, and we
then moved into some lateral work. Started with 10m to SI. She
helped me with some weaness, to work SI to renvers and back, to help
my mare with her weakness. Great excercise/homework for us. We then
worked on HI, which I've only recently introduced to this mare.
It went really, really well, got some good reminders on the bend,
etc, lots of "YES! Super! "
Then we moved on to canter. Mare was getting
tired and threw every trick/evasion in the book at me, but ended
up with a very nicely balanced canter. The departs were rather
eh, but in the end, we got them much more balanced. I showed Patti
our start towards half pass, how I like to go 10m to SI to a few
steps of HP to a 10m to SI, and how that often really helped our canter
departs. Got the thumbs up that I should continue my work (*whew*)
with the added comments to move her into a leg yield as needed. She
thought the travers to renvers would also help strengthen for HP.
Fun stuff! Cece even had fun, she loves to work and she loves the attention.
Cece was bred last week to Balou de Rouet! We
will find out mid-June if she is in foal. If she is, this will
be our third generation for our breeding program!
Happy Birthdays! (June 3)
Grace us 9 today! Happy
birthday to my pretty mare.
Martha M send me this birthday photo
of Remarkably Fine (by Remarkable), who turned two in April.
Quite the handsome fellow!
New photos and video of Roo (May 31)
We shot some new video of Roo this weekend,
and I ripped some photos. Definately a dressage mover.
And a lovely stallion prospect. Enjoy. The video
can be found HERE.
Replikah is IN FOAL to Rosentanz! (May 23)
Replikah was confirmed in foal to day
to Rosentanz! Rosentanz is a Hanoverian stallion by Rohdiamant
out of a Sao Paulo mare:
ROSENTANZ: A top
Premium stallion at the 2003 approval in Verden. An extremely
extravagant, highly modern sport stallion with outstanding
movement mechanics and well over average jumping. Rosentanz
became 1d premium stallion in Verden, then approved in Oldenburg,
and in Denmark he became runner-up at the stallion licensing in
Hernig. This sensational beauty opened his breeding season 2004
by winning the 30 days test in Münster Handorf, Germany out of
25 young stallions. Rosentanz also won the dressage dicipline and scored
9 for temperament, 9.5 for ridability and 10 for character! His scores
for walk and trot were the highest out of the lot of 25 stallions
and his score for canter second best!
Banners - free jewelry?!
You may notice some stragetically placed banners
on the site, for instance...
I stumbled across this site and am
totally addicted. Sterling silver jewelry for the
price of shipping? Yeah, I can have fun with this! I love
jewelry and am often times afraid to wear my really nice jewelry
for fear of losing it. Semi-precious stones and sterling
silver, fun! Enjoy! I received my first pieces in the mail and
they are beautiful - a lovely peridot pendant (peridot is pictured
in this banner), and some blue topaz pieces.
Next to foal is Ripley!
Next in line for foaling is our TB
mare Ripley, due mid-June. She's really slowing down
now in her last month. She's in foal to the recently imported
Sempatico, a homozygous pinto warmblood standing now at Silverwood
Farm. This year is his first US foal crop. This foal
is guaranteed pinto, and is for sale now, for a substantial discount
before she foals! Not too many Sempatico's are popping up for
sale, so take a good look at our mare and consider buying her foal
in-utero.
Next week we check Replikah to see
if she's in foal. Fingers are crossed. I have my
doubts, but I'm trying to be optimistic. Perhaps I need
to bribe her with stories of succulent bran mashes with bits of
apple and carrots cut up and mixed in with a dash of molasses??
Eeyore update! (May 9)
Mr. Eeyore ( aka Weltissimo) is doing
well showing this year! We received this nice update
from his owner:
Eeyore went
to a B-rated show this weekend, and I'm very proud of him! He
was excellent
on Friday (practice day)--jumped
right aroudn the course despite traffice problems
(ponies, ponies and more ponies
dashing around like maniacs). On Saturday he got a
first and two seconds, due to
good jumping and a couple of very lucky lead changes.
Good Job Eeyore!!
Replikah bred to Rosentanz (May 9)
Well I picked
Replikah up this past Friday from the vet clinic where
she was inseminated with frozen semen from the German Hanoverian
stallion Rosentanz. Rosentanz is by Rohdiamant out of a Sao
Paulo mare. Fingers are crossed that she will cooperate
and we'll be having one of the first Rosentanz foals of 2006!
New photos of Star Struck HF (May
2)
We shot some short video on Saturday,
and my friend Sarah was able to grab some images from
the video, of our Stedinger (Sandro
Hit - Landadel) - Replikah
(Regulus - Action Battle xx)
colt, Star Struck HF. Enjoy!
Star Struck is for sale! We expect
him to be a wonderful horse for either dressage or jumping.
His diverse pedigree offers talent in both disciplines.
He was bred to be a versitile horse.
Stalls nearly done! And a Happy
Birthday! (April 27)
The stalls
in the new barn are nearly done! We added 5 more spacious
stalls in the new barn, for youngsters and open mares. Each
stall is 11'3" x 14' or larger. Now all I have to do
to finish them is - staining, installing the feeders &
bucket holders (post staining), re-level (again!) the floors,
and mat them. It never ends! I'll definately need to
take some photos as they are beautiful.
Happy Birthday to Mr. Eeyore
(aka Weltissimo), who turns a whole 4 years old today!
He shared his birthday with his late brother, Remarkable,
who would have been 6 today.
Breeding decisions? (April 12)
Time again to decide on breeding
crosses for the mares. Custom breedings for our mares may be arranged
for a significant pre-foaling discount! We have a few of our mares
available for a lease or for sale. Frozen
semen will be here shortly, with many options for our mares available!
Check them out here. We
will have semen for our mares from the following stallions:
- Abke (Acorado - Contendor -
Raphael)
- Balou de Rouet (Baloubet de
Rouet - Continue - Domino)
- Fidertanz (Fidermark - Ravallo)
- Harvard (Hohenstein - Cardinall
xx)
- Remarkable (Riverman - I Really
Will xx)
- Rosentanz (Rohdiamant -Sau
Paulo)
- Royal Dance (Rohdiamant -
Donnerhall)
- Stedinger (Sandro Hit - Landadel - Futuro)
Colt for Replikah! (April 5)
That sneaky
Replikah mare foaled in the middle of the day, in the
pasture, with no warning! It's a handsome colt! Black
bay, with a cute little stripe on his face! Meet Star
Struck HF. Star Struck is sired by Stedinger
(Sandro Hit - Landadel - Futuro) - the approval winner
of the 2002 German Oldenburg Stallion Days, and the sire
of the 2004 German Champion Filly!
Eeyore Update! (Mar. 30)
We have another wonderful
update on Weltissimo, aka "Eeyore" (Werbellin - I Must
Fly xx) as he continues his hunter career!
They had too
many horses and cancelled some of our classes, meaning
that Eeyore got into the ring to show ALONE in the SCARY
ARENA only once a day for two days (no classes on Saturday).
Once is not enough. Eeyore jumped some very nice jumps
and lines, but it was all Nora and I could do to get him to
hop sideways down the line along the Hideous-Horse- Eating-Bleachers.
He got first and second in his hack classes. I'm really
pleased with his behavior otherwise; even the horses-in-a-blender
schooling area doesn't phase him. And we never bothered
to lunge him--just hopped right him on in cold, rainy weather.
We just needed more classes in a row to get him used to the arena.
Anyway, Eeyore
is doing great. He's starting to pop out lead
changes, though I won't really work on them until we can
practice outside in a bigger ring. His next show is
the first week in May, which is outside. The show gave four-foot-tall
stuffed bunnies as prizes, in honor of Easter (I hope), so
there was a table near the in-gate with huge rabbits on it.
Many horses were spooked, but Eeyore marched right over and nearly
ingested an Easter
Bunny belonging to the First Year Champion (whoever that was).
Should I have put huge stuffed bunnies in the bleachers? Maybe!
--Lisa A. & Eeyore
Congratulations and keep
up the great work!
Willow
For Sale
Here is an opportunity for
someone to purchase a quality, proven warmblood broodmare
at a reasonable price. We are offering our Oldenburg mare
Willow for sale. She is ISR/Oldenburg, RPSI, and Westfalen
Main Mare books approved. She has super bloodlines, sired by
ES Walk on Top (ES Waldorf - Werze v. Woermann) out of a daughter
of Gibraltar (Graf Douglas/Grande - Traunstain). She has produced 3 foals with #4
on the way this year by the hugely successful sire
Opus. 2 of her 3 have sold. Her foals all have her beautiful
face and lovely type, and are so friendly. Willow is
in foal to the Dutch sire, Opus by Idocus, for a July foal.
You may purchase her now in foal, or purchase her open and
we can assist in breeding her, or maybe we can work out a package
deal to sell her back in foal.
Foals coming!
We should be seeing our first
foal of the season in a few weeks. The lovely mare Replikah
(Regulus - Action Battle) is very heavy in foal to the super
German sire STEDINGER (Sandro Hit - Landadel). Stedinger
produced the filly foal champion in Germany last year!
2005 RPSI Inspection
We are putting
together another inspection for
the fall. If you are interested, please contact
us. We will need approximately 12 horses.
Custom breeding
If you are interested in
a custom foal out of one of our mares we have a few
stallions available via frozen semen, in our tank, from top
European stallions as well as our
own stallion. Or we can arrange a custom foal for you via fresh
semen. If you are interested please contact us.
Hollywood sold!
Congratulations
to Kimber M of Middleton WI on her smart purchase of
our Hollywood. We've had a lot of interest in this flashy
youngster in the past few weeks and Kimber decided he was the
one for her. Congratulations!
